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Arthur Pomeroy Memorial 2026 A Rounds 5-7

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8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Jun 2026 to 25 Jun 2026 in Wellington, New Zealand. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2025, and top seed was Anthony F Ker (🇳🇿 NZL, IM, 2180).

Russell John Dive (🇳🇿 NZL, IM, 2124) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Nicolas Croad (3.0) and Anthony F Ker (2.5). Dive shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇳🇿Wellington, New Zealand
Dates
04 Jun 2026 → 25 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇿IMAnthony F Ker2180
Avg top 10
2,025
Participants
8
Titled players · 5
IM×2
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×7
🇲🇹Malta×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Title race narrowed from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
8
8
8
4
3
2
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Dive#1Croad#2Ker#3Keith#4Sethuramalingam#5Van Der Hoorn#6Santos#7Cilia Vincenti#8
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Russell John Dive 3 wins (R5–R7)FM Nicolas Croad 3 wins (R5–R7)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇳🇿IMDive, Russell John2124*———111—3.02.002.0+8.02735
2🇳🇿FMCroad, Nicolas2168—*———1113.01.001.0+9.82695
3🇳🇿IMKer, Anthony F2180——*1½——12.52.002.5+3.22269
4🇳🇿Keith, Matthew2047——0*½—1—1.50.503.5-8.42037
6🇳🇿CMVan Der Hoorn, Thomas20150—½½*———1.02.007.0-0.42002
5🇳🇿Sethuramalingam, Karthik187700———*—11.00.006.0+7.61937
8🇲🇹CMCilia Vincenti, David195100—0——*—0.00.007.5-14.41328
7🇳🇿Santos, Aristotle1841—00——0—*0.00.006.5-34.01276

Key insights

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